The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1898, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MARCH 27, 1898. DO D000 LUNCHEON was given on board | the United States revenue cut- ter Corwin on Monday after- noon by Lieutenant B. M. Che: g the guests wer Proctor, Mr. and sses Blankart, Lieu- Herring, Lieu- | tant Engineer | Cullen, Billard, ¢ Uberroth and A Mrs. tenar tenan Rock. 1c engagement is announced of E. M. | , Frank, superintendent of the Sutro Raflroad Company d Miss Lucy A.| Henning, a daughter ot Mrs. Matilda Henning, widow of the late William Hen-| with her mother he bride resi th ¥ married | | ning. th her mother | ot 12 Lexington avenue. It will be an Eas- | ter wedding. Miss Eva F daughter of Hon B.‘ F. Calaveras, now of | M. Stealey, were| at the home of 321" Liyon street. Tt ome wn of whi ttended I s bridesmaid. man, while | ldred Hawes h nd W Anne ay acted Hawes, ter, Miss Willlam F e and Mi e Miss Zita Hawe b children. The ceremony formed by the Rev. Dr. Farrand, Howard Presbyterian Church. pastor_of The Un rsity of California Glee, Banjo | clubs will give thelr first Tecent reorganization | the Musical Asso-| clety | prominent 3 d Berkeley appear | 5. - Among them | will | William- | H.- € W. H. and Mrs. Webster; lee Club arle: .. Hart, S. Rosene R. ] e steamship | dmore, and mald wife, V. F. Young, | 10mas Miss M. and wife, W. Miss L and’ wife, wife. s Markell, € s 'McCrimmon, W. B. r, wife and two | Pelissier, W. C. Quinby, E. n Shoemaker. Sydney—F. C. - B ]'he\j:re Engaged. The engagement is to-day announced of Miss Bessie F. Hefl nd Arthur . The bride aughter of and Mrs. Thomas Heffron, formerly of Virginia City ev. TI sroom is the son of the late Charles Dietie. Home Gatherings. ng at the home of W, street, tion to who has been spe: occasion Bilz of Plea o’o’oo‘é0o0600ooooo‘ofib‘fooO‘oooco‘o‘ooofifig SOCIETY. © (4] CoOOoOO000000000000000000000000000000 was resumed. Among those present were: Miss Viola Weber, Miss May Campbell, Miss Inez Farland, Miss Mabel Lyons, M Minnie Newell, Miss Sadie Mulker, Miss Edith Snowden, M Maud Snowden, Miss_Annie White, Miss Pau- | line Whit . Dollie Webster, M | M Bonner, M Annie Stone, Miss | FI e Green, M Celia_Plageman, Miss Tom' Powers. The young friends of Miss Hazel A. Terry were entertained last Saturday | evening, March 19, at her residence, 2104 Mason street in honor of her fourteenth birthday anniversary. An elegant col- | lation was served fo the young guests after the festivities of the evening. A very pleasant surprise party was given to Miss Cora Mitchell at her resi- dence, 934 York street, Saturday evening, March 19. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. H. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. G, Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Keller, Mr. and March 23, were: Mrs. S.’Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Birch, Miss A. Bur-| and Mrs. P. Smith, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. George P. <uhl, Mr. George S. ay Burress, Miss wife, two | E Annie Keller, Miss W. R.’Farrington | Jennie McAdams, Miss Mary Léonard, man and wife, Miss | Miss Cora Christle, Miss Bessie Long, H. T. Leighton, Miss Bertha Jensen, Miss Irene_ Mills, A R | Miss Annie Boyson, Miss Meta Wilson, | | Plambeck, Charlie Qued. | One of th 00 of o ing the winter in Oakland, sketching, and pursuing art studies. A test of skill in whist occupied the major part of the | cvening, refreshments being served to victors and vanquished after the game. Mrs. A. B. Bennison proved to be the champlon player, and to her was award- ed the first prize. Mrs. W. L. Calkins' | abbreviated score entitled 'her to the booby prize—a candlestick and taper with the legend ‘“‘more light.” The Y{layvrs were: Mr, and Mrs. B. Meek, Mr. and_Mrs. C. W. Hopkins; Mr. and Mrs. G. Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bennison, Mr. and 'Mrs. A. Megahan, Mrs. | W. L. Calkins, Misses Winnie and 'Elle fcFarland, Miss Selma Bilz, Mrs. G. W. Sullivan, G. A. Laumeister. | Miss Eva Dempsey held a gathering at | her home on Saturday evening. Musical selections, games and dancing prevailed. Refreshments were served during the evening, and at midnight an elaborate supper was spread, after which dancing was resumed until morning. Those pr Ella_Dempsey, Miss May y, Mi Josie C. Joslin, Miss Birdie Vine, Mrs. Shea, Miss Marie Al- mon, Miss Mamie Cusick, Miss Daisy Cole, Horace Cline, Granville Hadley, James Sullivan, David Wayte, John Cur- ran, Sydney Hayes, Joe Doyle and Harry W Miss Annie Stone was the reciplent of a surprise party given by her friends at her residence, 1530 California street, last Sunday night. During the evening the guests were favored with songs by the Imperial Quartet of Berkeley, assisted by the Waldorf Musical Club. At mid- night a repast was partaken of, after which games and general merry making | Agne Paul | Ma. I Wagner, Mi lay Commings, Titus, Phil Clayton, T. Wilson, Reinhart, Sam Hoffman, Abe Rein- rt, Sol Wiseman, M. Flavor, Roland Stampler, Snowden, Ned Smith, R. Hellman, Goodman, C. Fuller, L. Hy- man, Sherve, Frank Raymond and © Miss Annie Hansen, Miss H. Keller, Peter | Rohde, Marftin Madson, Victor Burress, Oliver McAdams, Frank Taylor, Charles s, Mat Schon, A. Johnson, Bob Selig, Walter Hirup, W. Smith, Jo.nny Stein,” Charles Ludlow, Harry Mitchell and Harry Hansen. A very pleasant affair took place at | the home of F. Harry Draper, £12 Twen- The | ty-second street, on the lith inst. house was handsomely decorated for the sion with ferns and flowers. The rlors were utilized for dancing, after h a sumptuous repast was ser | e features of evening was | W the Draper Glee Club, ted by Edgar Foy, mandolin, and F. Harry Draper,’ A cradle song was rendered by Will Bloomheart. There was also dancing by Mis: ¢ Frank Nettie Draper, a an Dorsen of San Mrs. Allle Bax rable birthday party was | Gertie Rotholtz by he‘ri her residence, 627 Hayes afternoon, ) Miss at Sunday mong_those present were Mi given to parents, street, steller, Miss Irene Sullivan, ) ce Rotholtz, Miss Regina Lafee, M Underwood, Miss Ruby Friedberg Myra Fass, Miss Clemense Marx Lewis, Miss Tessie Weingarten, | Miriam Levingston, Miss Rosalié Jakie Blum, Milton Bernard, . Arthur Weingarten, Mor- | , Paul Lesser of Oakland, OFF 70 SEA" SIGNALS ON THE BATTLE- SHIPOREGON. Continued from these guns, two forward and two aft; their long muzzles can be seen project- ing far beyond the turrets. For every gun 100 rounds of shell has to be car- ried, and this means a weight of over 200 tons. Then there are the eight-inch guns in the smaller turr the six-inch guns, the rapid-firing s pounders and all the numerous machine guns which go to complete the secondary battery and which are intended to play havoc with any torpedo-boat or unarmored el which may come within range. e weapons all require supplies. In action they would eat up cartridges with the greatest voracity, and the re- sult is that there are over 400 tons of ammunition of all kinds in the maga- zines. On the upper deck of the central cita- del, or armored battery, wherein all the i er of the ship is concen- trated, ilors may be seen giving the finishing touches to the six-pounder rapid-firing guns which frown over the stwork. They are dainty, danger- ous little weapons, for, though they are light enough to be handled with the ut- most ease, their shell is heavy enough to plerce the skin of any vessel not protected by armor. One of these pro- Jectile king the boiler or engines, is quite sufficient to disable, if not sink, a torpedo-boat. To make sure that everything is all right a crew of four sailors is going through drill with the gun, and our photograph shows clearly the manner in which it is worked. The captain of the gun directs it by means of a pro- jecting arm, against which he presses his shoulder, nd so acurate is the weapon balanced that the slightest force will swing it from side to side, elevate or depres: red. It can be aimed quite a y as a small rifle and fired as quickly. Another man operates the breech mechanism, insert- ing the cartridges as they are handed up to him by a third member of the crew. All the captain of the gun has to do is to aim and pull the trigger, and, with a practiced crew, as many as twenty rounds a minute can be fired from this death-dealing little weapon. Another reason for all the bustle on board is an important change which is being made in the armament of the crew. Salilors have rifles as well as big guns wherewith to deal damage to an enemy, but hitherto the only small arm on board the ship has been the old- fashioned Lee rifle. In view of present emergencies, the naval authorities have substituted a fur more modern and effective weapon. The tug Unadilla is alongside, and a string of sailors are busy passing out the old rifles and their ammunition and taking on board the new guns. The rifle is a marvel of compact mechanism. It is light and easy to handle, and has an extremely small bore, firing a bullet about the size of a pea. But this little ‘bullet will reach a range of 2000 yards, and will penetrate at half that distance three feet of timber. Attached to the breech of the rifle is a small magazine, in which five cartridges, held in a metal clip, can be placed at once. Just as in a ‘Winchester, one pull on the brcech lever Page Nineteen. ejects the usual cartridge and inserts a new one, so that five shots can be fired | consecutively in the briefest space of | time, Sixteen hundred tons of coal are al- ready safely stowed below in the ca- | pacious bunkers of the warship; but the task of coaling has left its traces all over the upper decks. Cailors are busy everywhere touching up the paint work and polishing the brass rails of the superstructure; the decks are still moist from the hard scrubbing which they have recently undergone, and the ship will soon be as clean and white as on the first day when she left the dockyard. Everybody is not preparing for fight- ing, though. The arts of peace as well as of war are being cultivated, and the sailor with the sewing-machine is car- rying on a distinctly pacific trade. A sewing-machine seems strangely out of place on board an ironclad, yet many sailors possess the little hand-machines and are very dexterous in their use. The man is making up thick blue serge frocks, which will doubtless prove use- ful when the vessel gets through the tropics and encounters the biting blasts of the Antarctic off Cape Horn. Forward, under the shelter of the breastwork which rises above the deck, there is quite a little gathering of men, who, for some reason or other, have nothing to do. Many of them are on the sick list; one poor young fellow had his hand smashed through a shell dropping on it. Some have been on guard duridg the night, and are, there- fore, relieved during the day. But all are happy and jolly, and ex- ulting over the prospect of a brush Charles Retholtz, Mrs. C, Rotholtz, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs, Lesser, Miss Underwood and Miss P. Rotholtz. Miss J. Eigie Mathewson gave a_very | enjovable party at her home, the Hotel | | Clifton, corner Sutter and Powell streets, | to her relatives and friends, Friday even- | ing, March 18. Music and dancing were | the features of the evening, after which | refreshments were served. i An informal reception was held at the | home of Mrs. Paul, San Leandro road, on the 2ist inst.. in honor of visiting friends. The hostess was assisted by Miss Mabel Paul and Miss Dean Paul. The dance hall was decorated with laurel, evergreen and mustard blossoms, while the dining hall and Earlnrs were hand- somely decorated with American beauty | roses and ferns. At 9:30 o’clock an elab- | orate supper was served in the spacious dining rooms. The evening was most pleasantly spent with dancing, music, games and singing. During the evening there was a serenade. Giub Parties. The Young Musicians’ Club, a club of children, held its meeting on Saturday last at the home of Miss May Schlutter, 765 Capp street. Interesting musical num bers by Beethoven, Heller, Emery, Schu- mann, Relnecke and Greig were rendered by May Schlutter, Florence Nachtrieb, Ethel Peltret, Fanny and Elva Woodman Helen Carter, Winnie Moody. Iva Knowl- ton and Edith Standart. Refreshments and games followed the musical pro- gramme. Besides the children the fol- lowing adults attended the meeting: Mrs. and Miss Schlutter, Mrs. Carter. Miss Peltret and Miss Diserens. The following is the programme in full: Piano solo, Nel Cor Piu variations (Beethoven), ‘May Schlutter; plano solo—(a) ‘‘L'Avalanche’ (Stephen Heller), (b) “Gondollied” (Hein- rich StiehD), (¢) “Fingertwist” (Stephen Emery), Florence Nachtrieb; piano solo, “Plzzicati” (Delibes), Irene Muzzy; piano solo, “Mignon Valse,” Ethel Peltret; piano solo—(a) “The Jovous Peasant” (Schu- mann), (b) from “The Thousand and One Nights” (Reinecke), Elva Woodman; pi- ano solo “Allegro Varie.” Helen Carte piano solo, “Sonatina VITI” (Beethoven Winnie Moody; piano duet, ‘“La Grac (C. Bohm), Elva and Fanny Woodman; | piano solo—(a) “Norwegian Serenade” | jin the day's outing were (Ole Olsen), (b) “Folkevise” (Grieg), Iva e o le of this city A party of young people o ci have organized themselves Into La Viola Dramatic Social Club and chosen the fol- lowing officers: Miss Alice,Lowrle, presi- dent; Miss Daisy Falconer, vice-president; Miss’ Ethel Tabrett, secretary; Miss Lil- ilan Friedberg, treasurer, and Miss Alice Gordon, pianist. Under the direction of Miss Adair the young people will give dramatic -entertainments and soclals’ at no distant day. A Run Over the Hills. The first “run’” of the season was given last Sunday by the young ladies of the Ste. Netouche Club on the Piedmont hills. All came home heavily laden with wild flowers of every description and_color. When the young ladies arrived in the city they repaired to a restaurant where all | did justice to the sumptuous repast which had been spread. Those who participated the Misses Juanita Castellar, Emma Niles, Hazel Dell Brown, Belle Rustymeyer, Margaret Gar- rett, Daisy Armer and Jessica Kramer. Liuncheons. On Saturday last Mrs. Hamilton Smith gave an elaborate luncheon at the Palace Hotel in honor of her daughter, Miss Edith Congreve and her niece, Miss Car- ter. After the luncheon the party was pleasantly entertained by ‘“‘The Mysteri- ous Mr. Bugle” at the Baldwin. Those comprising the party were: Miss Avery, Miss Currier, Miss Thornton, Misses Sophie and Alice Borel, Miss Blakeman, Miss Florence Coleman, Miss Lottie Woods, Miss Zeile, Miss Grace Boret, Miss Maud Woods, Miss Ethel Feeny, Miss Sara Coleman, Miss Carter and Miss Con- greve. Del Monte. DEL MONTE, March 25.—As the Lenten season draws nearer its close this de- lightful resort becomes gayer, and the pleasures found hereabouts in a measure bridge over the dullness that always comes upon things social between Ash Wednesday and Easter. A number of prominent society people of San Francisco and New York are here for the remainder of Lent, and every day little events are planned and carried out to while aw::iy the quietude of the penitential period. Several charming teas and al fiesco luncheons have been enjoyed by these ladies and their attendant swains, and dinners and Spanish suppers are planned for the coming week. Business and pleas- ure are keeping well together here now, for since the railroad men who came to attend the sessions of the Transconti- nental Freight Bureau arrived, an air_of much and great concern has pervaded the big hostelry. Most of the prominent freight officials from all transcontinental lines are here, and the present convention will have big results for all lines of com- merce. Among the prominent San Franciscan: now staying here are Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Laton, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Murphy, Mrs. F. A. Frank, Mrs. A Jt Pope, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. A. Miller, Mrs. M. C. Talbot, A. S. Frank, Miss J. Frank, Mrs. A. L. Stone, Miss K. Stone, Miss Fli&)t, Mrs. L. L. Baker and family, Mr. an and Mrs. Irving M. Scott. Some of the New Yorkers are Mrs. J. Hood Wright, Mrs. John Markle, W. J. Smith Jr., Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Kingsley, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown and family, Mrs. W. H. Forsythe, Miss Forsythe, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lyle, H. Hayden Sands, Miss J. S. Sands, F. W. Drury, Miss F. A. Drury. Personals. Gaston E. Bacon, president of the Call- fornia College of Pharmacy (department of pharmacy, University of California), accompanied by his wife, is in Cairo, Egypt, at present, and will leave shortly for the Holy Land; they will return to Europe in about three months, visiting Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, England and Ireland. Mr. Bacon, on his return, will make a very full report of his observations regarding pharmacy and pharmaceutical education in the Old World. He expects to return to San Francisco next October. Mr. Bacon has been interested in pharmaceutical mat- ters for many years, he has been presi- dent of the California Druggists’ Trade Association for five terms, president of the California Pharmaceutical Society, and president of the Alumni Association of the College of Pharmacy. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Payot, of Payot, Upham & Co., were at the Hotel Bristol, WILDCAT SCHEMES TO CATCH 1] UNWARY KLONDIKERS, I | o UST now Alaskan schemes are being ingenious promoters to catch the unwary with more dol- The East is being strewn lars than sense. spring wreckage of these “wildcat” traps. Snow Transportation Company” of Chicago and Seattle has just gone to pleces and the managers are in the way to be prosecuted for obtaining money under false pretenses. The present excitement over the gold mines of Ala produced a fresh crop of inventions of gre: generally of less—and one who tries to ke actively worked by with the the affair. The “Ice and has ater or less utility— ep track of them is are stored here. uneven surfaces with the greatest of ease. Full of interest is the description of the Interior fitting of The hull is, as stated, a barge of about 35 feet beam, 120 feet long and eight feet deep. This space is occupied first, by a mining well or hoie in the center, through which iron cylinders ten feet in diameter are to be sunk to the bottom of any stream, and inside of which a great auger Is to be oper- ated for cutting the frozen sand mingled with gold and bring- ing it to the surface. Besides these there is an engine and boiler for operating the capstan and “nigger’” which warps the structure along at a speed of five or ten miles an hour through water or Fourteen of these great iron cylinders amazed by the combination of ignorance and ingenuity that is over land. There are also storage rooms for coal, wood, rope, displayed on every side. Men who have never been within two chain, etc., the entire outfit in this p: of the vessel alone or three thousand miles of Alaska: men who never saw making a comfortable cargo for a good-sized vessel. placer mine and have only the faintest idea of what it is lik The next floor is fitted up as a workshop, etc., and contains men who apparently have not a practical are able to convince others that their particular enterprise “just the thing,” and hundreds of thousands of dollars ing spent on enterprises which will never by any possibility return a cent to the credulous dupes who put their mone them. Some of the enterprises of the kind no morous. They are simply laughable. Of such a character is one which has been introduced to the notice of the public in The next the East by means of an illustrated pamphlet, a few copies of which have found their way to this coast. This pamphlet sets forth the advantages and expected ac- informed called a unique and orig will sho complishments of what To say that the design accompanying illus portable Arctic placer mill.” idea in their heads, the following: are be- power engines turning lath into Two marine engines for operating the two stern wheels which propel the vessel while afloat; two other 10-horse- and boilers a metal planer; an emery wheel; a drill; a port- able rock drill; a machinist’s bench; an anvil and forge; a a force pump; a suction pump; a bandsaw a circular saw; a wood planer; a carpenter’s bench, ted are actually hu- inal a glance at the chips. In the Here we have @ (with- all the modern barrels of wine, conveniences, as will be shown further along), built on the deck of a barge measuring some 35 feet beam by 120 feet in length. nothing else. Besides these three stories, the hold of the v feet deep, comprises another story. It is al and must weigh many hundreds of tons. gravely assures the credulous reader that Seven or eight ice or snow runners from stem to stern it can travel of itself on land as well as on water. “It will propel itself up rivers, n be taken over falls not over fifty feet ons having a width of On reasonably smooth ice or snow it will travel at a speed of five to ten miles an hour and navigate water at the To quote from the circular: rapids and creeks high, when required, and through cany 41 feet. same rate of speed.” Fancy such a ponderous and clumsy structure as this going either up or down a waterfall ‘‘not over fi Imagine it crawling out of the water and not to mention the woods, at a speed of hour in a country so rugged as Alaska, or any other country, Yet the prospectus assures the readers that the combined house and ship will travel over rocks, logs and for that matter. essel, which is § 11_substantially built Yet the prospectus being provided with tarfes with This notwit ifty feet in helght.” taking to the shore, five 1o ten miles an and a storeroom capabie of containing supplies enough for thirty or forty men for two or three years. ory is fitted up as a kitchen, dining room, li- fe deposit, bed and bath rooms. fitted up with bed and bath rooms. is abundantly supplied with tables, chairs, lounges, hammocKs, and other appliances for comfort and convenience, including a_dozen pack st of supplies we find a c The third story The library we are of playing cards and two boxes of i i of whisky, -two showing that the occupants mean to have abundance of creature comforts, if The circular promises like magnificent things in the way of machinery and incidental supplies. Yet with all this immense weight of supplies, not to speak of the weight of the structure there will be no trouble in navigating the Yukon and its tribu- e and at a speed of five to ten miles an hour. anding the fact that it will draw at least seven feet of water, while the Yukon in great extent has no more than two or three feet all told. Space forbids going into further details of this enterprise. It should be added that the prospectus gravely assures the public that several of these wonderful contrivances are already in existence, and that for the trifling expenditure of $100,000, thereabouts, one of them can be built, fitted up, stocked and set to work rifing the sands of the north of their hidden treasure, and all at a speed of five to ten miles an hour on land or water. And perhaps as remarkable as anything is the fact that a member of Congress, an “honorable” and a bank president or two have been found to lend their names to the enterprise. tself, we are calmly assured that , or SCIENTISTS AND MINERS ON THE WAY T0 THE NEW TURQUOISE: MINES. Continued from Page 17. mentary to ever allow even of a closer| study. The record of the Inca Indians | was made by the ald of ropes, called | quipus, and were certainly not in any | way phonetic, but merely indicated | with Spain. They exchange rude sailor | & more or less purely mathematicai | jokes one with the other, and even the man who is shaving is not allowed to perform this delicate operation inpeace. When the photographer proceeds de- liberately to focus his camera upon him he is bidden to put more lather on, and he responds by sticking a great dab of the creamy white soap on the tip of his nose. Altogether, he is a most ridic- ulous-looking individual, and not a bit sailorlike, though I suppose shaving is just as much part of a sailor's discip- line as gun drill or general quarters. As the day wears.on and it becomes known that the battle-ship is to leave for the south at daylight on the mor- row the officers on the quarter-deck have a busy time stalling off intruders. Boat after boat, laden with friends, or it may be sweethearts of the gallant tars, comes alongside, the occupants, in defiance of all rules and regulations, striving to obtain one last word with the men who so soon are to sail away. Sometimes a pretty face and a tearful eye melt the heart of the officer of the day, and an interview is permitted, but more often the visitors have to row back disappointed. Who knows when they may see their dear ones again? Apart from the chances of battle, the Oregon, having once rounded the Horn, may never return to the Pacific station. The exigencies of naval service may keep her in the Atlantic, but wherever she is, we may rest satisfied that she will be serving the Union faithfully and well. J. F. ROSE-SOLEY. record of accounts and tales, etc. After the conquest several efforts of the na- | tives were made in producing phonetic | writing, but none of these succeeded in | being established, or even survived its | inventor. But while we thus cannot claim for | the Indian writings any phonetic value, the fact must yet remain that through this writing—picture writing, or rebus writing, or numerical writing, as of the Mayas—an immense amount of records has been preserved, which, if properly deciphered, as it undoubtedly will be | some time, must reveal to us facts in | connection with the ancient inhabi- | tants of this continent which cannot | fail to be of the very highest interes: to every student of this continent and its native races. We may well now ask ourselves with astonishment why no effort has been made by any one to collect and properly study the Indian writings— picture writings though they may be— | of this Coast. Rock paintings are nu- merous in California, but writings like these around the turquoise mines are comparatively few. : The principel interest connected with these picture writings or hieroglyphics around the turquoise mines is their enormous number and their fine state of preservation. Nowhere else on this continent can | such a large number of glyphs be re- corded from such a limited territory. Another great value of these writ- | only sacred things. ings is the great number and variety of the signs, and also the great similar- ity of many of the signs. We are forced to confess after even a hasty perusal of these signs that they have been made, not in a haphaz- ard way, but according to already es- tablished principles, according to an actual code. in which almost every line and every dot are of the greatest im- portance in giving value to the sculp- | tured characters. As to the use of the word hieroglyph, I willingly confess that it is not strictly a proper word to use for any of the writings of the American aborigines. The word, which means “sacred writ- ing,” should only be applied to the Egyptian glyphs and not to any others. But unfortunately it has been and is vet to-day used by scientists to indi- cate alsc the writings of the American aborigines, and in using this word I merely followed the custom of others. The proper way would perhaps be to use the word glyph only. If we again consider only the mean- | ing of the word hierogiyph we must concede that the word is equally appli- cable to the writings of the American aborigines as to those of the Egyptians, as neither writings were strictly sacred, nor were they writings or records of A few of them ‘were, others were historical, mathe- matical, astronomical or simply social. As to the actual nature of the glyphs around the turquoise mines no opinion will be of any real value until the thousands of glyphs, which are scat- tered over the rocks in their vicinity, will have been photographed, properly | recorded and subjected to years of study. GUSTAV EISEN. Cairo, and left for Constantinople on March 3. A. Thirlon of the Comptoir National (French) Bank has left for Paris on a six months’ vacation, to be spent abroad. He is accompanied by his daughter Helene. Mrs. O. L. Fest of 1616 Turk street has changed her day at home from Thursday to Tuesday. Misses Lennie and Mattie Fest will hereafter receive the first Sun- day evening of each month. M. G. Tonini, the Italian agent of the Union Pacific Railroad, is in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Magee have re- turned from Southern California and will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Marvin Curtis of 2518 Union street until their new house on Broadway is com- pleted. Mrs. Phil S. Beel has moved to 2128 Bush street. Mr. and Mrs. E. Horn (nee Brown of Marysville, Cal.) will be home to her friends this Sunday, March 27, from 2 to 5 p. m., at 1047 Howard street. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stabens have removed tmmt 610 Octavia street to 815% Filbert street. Mr. and Mrs. John Talbot of Boston, Mass., are stopping on a visit to Cali- fornia with their cousins, James Phillips and family of Oakland. Mr. Talbot has been for thirty years a rallroad man and at the present’ time is division master of the Boston and Maine Railroad of Massachusetts, and is very well known throughout the East. They are here for a six weeks' sojourn through the Golden State, and it being their first visit to the Pacific are thor- oughly well pleased with the land of sunshine and flowers. Mr. Henry George and wife of New York will arrive here April 2. They will be the guests of W. C. McCloskey, S19A Hayes street, for a short time beforé pro- ceeding to Europe. Miss Julia Monteith of this city and her cousin, Miss Gertrude Monteith of tan- caster, England, at present visiting Cali- fornia, will in the course of a fortnight 80 abroad in company with their grand- mother, Mrs. Henry Guilford. Dr. Brennan of this city returned st week from the south. -—— Advances made on furniture and planos, or without removal. J. Noonan, 1011-10!:!1-:::? The diamond mining companies (S}?“;gh '.Ag;c:w &nofimate the;r ‘;onea t?; eft al ,000,000 a year, of whic! recover about half. Wty Mrs. ‘Wakefleld Baker and family | LEFT HER LOST HEN Mrs. Lucille Morris of Omaha, Neb., was a very beautiful girl in her teens she met young and handsome Chester E. Allison of Sedalia, Mo. It was a case of mutual love at first sight, but, although Chester wooed and won Lucille’s heart, she would not give her hand. He died last fall and left to the sweetheart of love’s young dream a fortune of $150,000. Relatives in Sedalia tried to break the will, but the court has just handed down a decision sustaining it, and so, Mrs. Morris, who is a charming, intel- lectual woman, will pass her remaining days in comfort. Few:women have had such a strange experience. When young Allisor came with the love song on his lips in the springtime of life Lucille had pledged her troth to another—Professor L. Mor- ris. In vain did Chester plead. The young girl frankly confessed that she loved him, but her sense of honor was so high that she would not break her LOVE A FORTUNE ith the professor. Mr. Morris my word wife, and if he }?ld! I mu;t keep lt.";‘she engagement W “I _have given that I 'will be his me to my pledge said. Allison, faith and truth, he influence of fer P ;nal]y acknnwled‘eda was right. So they parted, t:::f:l‘l‘;—she to- contract a lovelgss marriage, he to deaden the pain in pis heart in the quest for-wealth. Years swept on, and last summer these two met again at an Eastem summer resort. She was free. ~Three years before a court had broken the bonds that united her to Professor Mo!-' ris. She was still beautiful. The gray was In the hair of Allison and Iir{es af care seamed his brow, but he was g manly man, with his heart still true t¢ Lucille. Under the trees he told her again the old, old story, and it was arranged that they should be married in the fall. Man proposes, Providence disposes. Be~ fore the leaves fell he died. His last thoughts were of his sweetheart, and in his will he bequeathed to her, uncondi- tionally, $150,000. SINGULAR ceremony Wwas per- formed recently in Brownsville, L. L, the most exclusively He- brew settlement in the world. It concerned the burial of a man who died in such poor circum- stances that his family was too poor to bury him in any one of the conse- crated Jewish cemeteries termed flelds, such as the Field of Zion, the Field of { Salem, the Field of Macpelah. The name of the deceased man was Nathan Rubeuns, and his remains were laid out in a room at No. 280 Belmont avenue, covered with a white sheet. He had belonged, as does every Jew in Brownsville—orthodox or heterodox—to a burial society, but not having been able to pay his monthly dues he was not in good standing. His family was therefore mnot entitled to the usual burial fees and, as a Jew has an in- tense horror of being interred in any but consecrated ground, his widow rent the air with her lamentations. “Oh,” she cried, as she threw ashes on her head, “shall the descendants of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob lie in a grave defiled by the dog and the gen- tile? Woe is me and shame on thehouse of my fathers!” Thus she continued until nightfall, when a committee of the Sinai Lodge, accompanied by a rabbi, entered thej room, and ranging themselves round the body, ordered the widow to depart. The rabbi then read from a scroll the rules governing such a case in the days of Israel’s glory, after which he said: “Brethren, this man must be in- terred.” “He must be interred,” echoed the committee. “He shall be interred in consecrated ground.” “In consecrated ground,” repeated the committee. “Who here present will stand sponsor for the deceased?” “I shall stand sponsor,” Jacob Hyman. “Was deceased of the faithful?” de- manded the rabbi. “The deceased, Nathan Rubeuns, was an orthodox Jew of the tribe of Benja- min.” “Did he obey the laws as delivered to Moses on the mount?” “He obeyed them as well as an erring mortal could.” answered SINGULAR HEBREW BURIAL “Why did he not save money for his burial?” 2 ‘He had been ill and unfortunate. “Do you as his sponsor promise that he will repay with his prayers thoifi who bury him in consecrated ground? “I promise.” “Do you promise that his heirs wilt repay the money when they are in a position to do so to the nearest Hebrew synagogue?”’ . This promise was also given and then the rabbi said: “He shall be buried. I appeal to the charity of the children of Israel.” The committee departed, and next day a hearse, bearing the remains of Nathan Rubeuns, enveloped in a black shroud, was moved slowly through the streets of Brownsville, a man in front leading the horse, and the sponsor in rear carrying a padlocked tin box with a slot in it. “Children of Israel,” the sponsor would ery in front of every house, “here lies the body of Nathan Rubeuns, an orthodox Jew, who died in poverty. ‘Who will subscribe to a fund for. his burial? Olah! Olah!” Pennies, nickels and dimes wera thrown into the box, until it became s0 heavy that the sponsor, hoarse with his exhortations, was obliged to changa it frequently from one hand to the other. In this manner the pathetic procession moved from house to house and from street to street until a thor- ough canvass had been made. When the box was opened in presence of ihe committee it was found to contain $31 21, the largest coin in the collection being a quarter. Nathan Rubeuns was buried in con- secrated ground next day. His re- mains were followed to Field Sinai by a modest but respectable cortege. It is said that this was the first ceremony of the kind ever witnessed in this coun- try. Few people have any idea of the enormous expense of keeping the ocean greyhounds in ship-shape. It costs one company on an average $10,000 a month for repairs to the various vessels. They | are thoroughly overhauled every month and the amount of small repairing necessary would astonish even the old voyager. In the shops on the American | side there is a duplicate of every bit | of machinery used in the make-up of an ocean liner, from enormous pieces of shafting down to the smallest bolt. The International Company has to pay among its other expenses for a profes- | sional rat-catcher, who clears the ships of the little pests. | ADVERTISEMENTS. THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS! an INCOMPARABLE them we feel certain the For this week’s trade we have selected TIONS IN NEW GOODS, and in presenting will recognize the importance of profiting by Great Values Offered ! ARRAY OF ATTRAC- discriminating buyers 300 samples of LADIES' of Gowns, Chemises and price LADIES' LAUNDRIED SH! HALF PRICE 50c¢ 75¢ closed out for 75c a palr, $| 00 30 dozen LADIES' U3 and fitted. 25¢ toes, good value for $4 dozen, to SOc yard. regular price 50c, will LADIES’ UNDERWEAR. IRT WAIST, detachable collars, fancy stripes and checks, will be offered at 50c each. LADIES’ KID GLOVES. 32 dozen LADIES' 2-CLASP KID GLOVES, embroidered back; col- ors Tan, Brown, Green, Ox Blood and White; regular value $§1, will be 2-CLASP SUEDE GLOVES, 3 rows em- broidery; colors Ox Blood, Green, Mode, Tan, White and Black good value for $125; will be on sale at $1 a pair. Guaranteed LADIES’ HOSIERY. LADIES' FAST BLACK MACO: COTTON HOSE, spliced heels and JUST RECEIVED a large consignment of LADIES' 2sc and RIBBED, FLEECE-LINED 3Sc each, worth 35c and 50c, respectively. VEILINGS AND EMBROIDERY. 20c 30 pleces BLACK SILE VEILING, dotted and plain mesh, 18 inches wide, a large assortment to select from; 5 4000 yards CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY, neat open patterns, inches wide; value 25c; on special sale at i5c pgr yngd. Sihna b MEN’S FURNISHINGS. }m DO%IEF %EN’s. Br?Ys J\IND LADIES' n a variety of new spring colors, and made up in the le: H Pbe offered at toc sach, "* | the leading shapes; e 42 dozen MEN'S HEAVY VICUNA UNDERSHIRTS AN - ERS, fancy silk finished; regular price $1 2. Will be ofleredDa!%}:‘eAuzvl‘L See Chronicle and Examiner for Specials from Other Departments. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, consisting Drawers, will be closed out at half in will be sold at 25¢ per pair. EGYPTIAN VESTS AND PANTS at 2c and 35¢ on sale at 20c to 50c per ALL SILK NECKWEAR, Murphy Bullding, Market and Jomes - Streets, 0+0+0+0+0+0+ +0+9+0+0+0+0+9